Slide 1| Cover Earkart Limited Redefining Hearing Care Investor presentation | H1 FY27 BSE SME: 544549 Slide 2 | The Hearing Care Gap Is Widening Theme The headline 1 Hearing loss is growing 430 million people need rehabilitation today, and 2.5 billion will have some hearing loss by 2050 2 Care is not reaching people Over 400 million could benefit from a hearing device, but fewer than 20% of that need is met 3 India's gap is widest About 1 audiologist per 5 lakh people, and the shortage persists Sources: WHO fact sheet (Mar 2026): https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss WHO guidance (Mar 2024): https://www.who.int/news/item/01-03-2024-who-issues-guidance-to-improve-access-to-hearing-care-in-low--and-middle-income-settings National Medical Journal of India: https://nmji.in/prevalence-of-hearing-loss-in-india/ Slide 3 | Hearing loss is a growing global burden Headline: A large, growing, and under-served health burden, with a high-return case for action 430M 2.5B ~US$1T ~16x people need rehabilitation for disabling hearing loss today projected to have some degree of hearing loss by 2050 annual global cost of unaddressed hearing loss return per US$1 invested in ear and hearing care over 10 years Supporting stats (secondary row, smaller font): 700M+ will need rehabilitation by 2050 (1 in 10 people) ~80% of those affected live in low- and middle-income countries >25% of people over 60 have disabling hearing loss 95.1M children aged 5-19 live with hearing loss 1B+ young adults at risk from unsafe listening practices Source: WHO https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss Takeaway: Every one of these people must be tested before they can be treated. Diagnosis is the bottleneck. Slide 4 | Hearing care is not reaching the people who need it Headline: The constraint is not the hearing aid. It is the expert who tests and fits it. Over 400 million people could benefit from a hearing device, but fewer than 20% of that need is met. WHO's 2024 guidance says the old model of one patient travelling to one audiologist cannot scale. Its answer is task sharing between specialists and trained non-specialists. Takeaway: WHO has named the problem and the solution. That solution is the design principle behind OMNI. Source: WHO (1 Mar 2024): https://www.who.int/news/item/01-03-2024-who-issues-guidance-to-improve-access-to-hearing-care-in-low--and-middle-income-settings Slide 5 | India's gap is widest where need is largest Headline: India has a large hearing-care need, but a structural shortage of audiologists’ limits access ~1: 5L 6%–26.9% ~2,500 ~US$55B audiologist per 5 lakh people estimated population affected by hearing loss BASLP graduates entering the workforce annually estimated annual economic cost of hearing loss in India 1 : 1.4L — ENT specialist per ~1.4 lakh people, versus ~1 audiologist per 5 lakh 37.5% — prevalence among people aged 40–59 66.6% — prevalence among peo
Slide 1| Cover Earkart Limited Redefining Hearing Care Investor presentation | H1 FY27 BSE SME: 544549 Slide 2 | The Hearing Care Gap Is Widening Theme The headline 1 Hearing loss is growing 430 million people need rehabilitation today, and 2.5 billion will have some hearing loss by 2050 2 Care is not reaching people Over 400 million could benefit from a hearing device, but fewer than 20% of that need is met 3 India's gap is widest About 1 audiologist per 5 lakh people, and the shortage persists Sources: WHO fact sheet (Mar 2026): https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss WHO guidance (Mar 2024): https://www.who.int/news/item/01-03-2024-who-issues-guidance-to-improve-access-to-hearing-care-in-low--and-middle-income-settings National Medical Journal of India: https://nmji.in/prevalence-of-hearing-loss-in-india/ Slide 3 | Hearing loss is a growing global burden Headline: A large, growing, and under-served health burden, with a high-return case for action 430M 2.5B ~US$1T ~16x people need rehabilitation for disabling hearing loss today projected to have some degree of hearing loss by 2050 annual global cost of unaddressed hearing loss return per US$1 invested in ear and hearing care over 10 years Supporting stats (secondary row, smaller font): 700M+ will need rehabilitation by 2050 (1 in 10 people) ~80% of those affected live in low- and middle-income countries >25% of people over 60 have disabling hearing loss 95.1M children aged 5-19 live with hearing loss 1B+ young adults at risk from unsafe listening practices Source: WHO https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss Takeaway: Every one of these people must be tested before they can be treated. Diagnosis is the bottleneck. Slide 4 | Hearing care is not reaching the people who need it Headline: The constraint is not the hearing aid. It is the expert who tests and fits it. Over 400 million people could benefit from a hearing device, but fewer than 20% of that need is met. WHO's 2024 guidance says the old model of one patient travelling to one audiologist cannot scale. Its answer is task sharing between specialists and trained non-specialists. Takeaway: WHO has named the problem and the solution. That solution is the design principle behind OMNI. Source: WHO (1 Mar 2024): https://www.who.int/news/item/01-03-2024-who-issues-guidance-to-improve-access-to-hearing-care-in-low--and-middle-income-settings Slide 5 | India's gap is widest where need is largest Headline: India has a large hearing-care need, but a structural shortage of audiologists’ limits access ~1: 5L 6%–26.9% ~2,500 ~US$55B audiologist per 5 lakh people estimated population affected by hearing loss BASLP graduates entering the workforce annually estimated annual economic cost of hearing loss in India 1 : 1.4L — ENT specialist per ~1.4 lakh people, versus ~1 audiologist per 5 lakh 37.5% — prevalence among people aged 40–59 66.6% — prevalence among peo
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The presentation highlights the significant hearing care gap, with 430 million needing rehabilitation, projected to rise to 2.5 billion by 2050. In India, fewer than 20% receive necessary hearing devices, exacerbated by a shortage of audiologists, leading to an annual economic cost of ~$55 billion. OMNI aims to address these challenges by implementing WHO-endorsed task sharing between specialists and non-specialists, expanding access to testing and fitting, and demonstrating that scalable...